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Hebrew

To love

חָבַבStrong’s H2245

chavav (cha-vav)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Chavav is the Hebrew word usually translated “loving”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.”
Deuteronomy 33:3 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Qal) to love fervently, cherish
How it's translated
  • loving 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Deuteronomy 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    חָבַב chavav · to love

    (Qal) to love fervently, cherish

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “love” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    LOVE, verb transitive

    luv. [Latin libeo, lubeo. See Lief. The sense is probably to be prompt, free, willing, from leaning, advancing, or drawing forward.]

    1. In a general sense to be pleased with; to regard with affection, on account of some qualities which excite pleasing sensations or desire of gratification.“Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself” Matthew 19:19
    2. To have benevolence or good will for. John 3:16
    All definitions and other forms of “love”

      LOVE, noun

      1. An affection of the mind excited by beauty and worth of any kind, or by the qualities of an object which communicate pleasure, sensual or intellectual.
      2. Courtship; chiefly in the phrase, to make love that is, to court; to woo; to solicit union in marriage.
      3. Patriotism; the attachment one has to his native land; as the love of country.
      4. Benevolence; good will.“God is love” 1 John 4:8
      5. The object beloved.
      6. A word of endearment.
      7. Picturesque representation of love
      8. Lewdness.
      9. A thin silk stuff. obsolete

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.